Grupo los Santos -][- CLAVE HEART – [OA2 Records, 2012] –

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Davis Ambrosio, Grupo los Santos, OA2 Records, Paul Carlon, Pete Smith, William 'Beaver' Bausch

Grupo Los Santos, CLAVE HEART

Grupo los Santos -][- CLAVE HEART – [OA2 Records, 2012] –

Grupo los Santos has been together for 15 years developing a strong following and individual sound, with a patented blend of Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Flamenco and NYC Jazz influences; creating unique, original rumba, samba, and funky acoustic music. Drawing from the traditional/folkloric music of the Americas, played with an open and spontaneous jazz sensibility, the band cuts a very atypical profile in New York’s Jazz and Latin Jazz scene. The band’s love and individual deep study of these musical traditions has born great fruits, both compositionally and in performance and execution. The sound is coherent, focused and intelligent-the music is both classic and forward-looking at the same time-and the expression is original, soulful, high-energy and transcendent of idiom.

Natalie Cressman & Secret Garden -][- UNFOLDING – [Cressman, 2012] –

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Cressman Music, Female Vocals, Natalie Cressman, Trombone

Natalie Cressman & Secret Garden, UNFOLDING

Natalie Cressman & Secret Garden -][- UNFOLDING –Mp3– [Cressman, 2012] –

New York-based trombonist/singer/composer Natalie Cressman has won acclaim for her ability to play fluently in a variety of musical styles, and at 21 years old she’s honed a preternaturally worldly conception of her own. Hailed a “velveteen-voiced brass-blower” by the Denver Post, Cressman has sought to stretch across stylistic boundaries with every project she takes on, each time striking listeners with the depth of her musicianship and her ability to blend seamlessly into so many different musical settings. From Carnegie Hall to the House of Blues, from the Apollo to Lincoln Center, Natalie’s versatility and enthusiasm for new music has propelled her into a richly diverse musical career.

Urban Flux Presents: Anthony Armstrong as the Featured Artist of the Week

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African American, Anthony Armstrong, Art, Artist, Grandpasart

Anthony Armstrong -][- A DREAM DEFERRED -[Giclee on Paper | Limited Edition]-

Anthony Armstrong., A DREAM DEFERRED

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Kris Allen -][- CIRCLE HOUSE – [Truth Revolution Records, 2012] –

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Composer, Kris Allen, Tenor Saxophone, Truth Revolution Records

Kris Allen, CIRCLE HOUSE

Kris Allen -][- CIRCLE HOUSE –Mp3– [Truth Revolution Records, 2012] –

Kris Allen inherited a love of music from his mother, a church organist who gave him his first lessons on a tiny xylophone. At a young age, he displayed considerable gifting as a classical pianist, but it was jazz that truly won his heart at age 14 when a friend loaned him trumpeter Lee Morganʼs album “ The Gigolo”. Kris began to devote most of his spare time to listening to great jazz records and practicing the alto saxophone.

NAKED TRUTH Returns with Ominous Beats and Ambient Beauty on “Ouroboros,” their Sophomore Release for RareNoiseRecords – Available October 23

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Graham Haynes, King Crimson, LORENZO FELICIATI, Naked Truth, PAT MASTELOTTO, RareNoiseRecords, Roy Powell, Stickmen

Cornetist Graham Haynes Joins Powerhouse Group on Their Second Release

Stream “Dust” and “Yang Ming Has Passed” from Ouroboros

Naked Truth, Ouroboros

Take the polyrhythmic electro-acoustic beats of King Crimson and Stickmen drummer Pat Mastelotto, add fuzz-inflected lines of creative electric bassist and producer Lorenzo Feliciati, add jazz-informed textures of Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3 organ, piano and synthesizer player Roy Powell, and finally blend in the unique voice of avant-jazz cornetist Graham Haynes: You will have the raw ingredients of one of the most powerful and unique instrumental groups on the scene today.